Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-02-11
THE NEWS IN VERMONT.
MATTERS OF INTEREST IN OUR OWN
STATE.


ESSEN.
The Essex cornet band held an oyster
supper in the town hall Friday night, Feb
ruary 4th. There was good house and
all had a good time. The receipts were
about $50.
ESSEN JUNCTION.
Eugene Baker, station agent at Rox-
bury, is home sick with a hard cold ......
Charles X. Drury has sold out his stock
in trade to f. p sawyer, and is to remove
to Rutland, " here he is to be employed as
a missionary for the Seventh Day Adven-
fists. He had been doing quite a smart
business for the last year or two framing
pictures, repairing furniture and so forth.
CHARLOTTE.
Wilbur Field is handling good deal of
hay and grain paying 35 cents for oats.
o. c. Taft and c. {. Martin loaded car
of Snowflake potatoes. paying 30 cents for
them m......I Ice in the bay is from to 10
inches thick..... Fodder is plenty and
stock is Wintering well, considering the
steady cold ... Those who own good
wood lots are Swapping their fingers at
the coal mine strikers. 800. The society
officers of the Congregational society are
Deacon II. w Prindle +. H. Field, G.. L.
Van Nliet committee; Carlisle Lewis
secretary; Deacon Henry Mcneil, treasur-
er Willis Newell. collector; William
80 ~ Oo',ii'i'v'oo' ne huahcitl a.
iaI9 oi lie Siocltt4 are III eHcelIeht cohdl-
been promptly made. Albert Williams
has charge of heating and lighting the
church and vestry. y..... Rev. A. w. Wild
has been reelected Superintendent of the
Sunday school.....R Rev. NJ. \. Wicker
has Tor some time held regular services in
East Charlotte in addition to preaching
IN the Methodist church here .. The
numerous cold snaps forced frost into a
good many cellars rather unexpectedly
.... Charles Barnard, whose marriage was
recently celebrated received festive lit
tie -erenade at the hands of the boys the
other evening, but the cigars all round
fixed things up satisfactorily.
.r .ropc1
Mr.. and Mls. Russell Tilley have sold
their well known interval farm to their
son. ii. II. lily, with WEOm Mr.. and
Mrs. RILEY will live hereafter and the
farm will be rented or let on shares. O..
Marty + son of H. II. Tilley, has been
Obliged to give up school or account a
serious attack of eryslpelas, this being the
third week that he has been confined to
the house. Adison Smith is suffering
With another one of those familiar quinzy
swellings THE young people in the
James Millham district are preparing to
give an amateur theatrical performance in
tnC troI near d luture' i r.. Whltlker; dis
NS',i,l d.S rt Gt nHH caIleu
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MILTON.
The possibility that Hon. J. p. Clark
and Mr. H. c. McNall might be uDon the
Inflated train last FRIDAY nigbt caused
their friends in this community consider.
able apprehension. until 1t was definitely
learned that they took later train from
Boston, reaching home at II O'Clock Satur-
dav evening IL was evnrcted that
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to follow those of Mr.. A l., parsous's
which closed january 81 i'm the Connre0a-
tonalist church, would begin this week ;
tha tw9 ' w"et rhn hefeTSaay 70 ueier
Ell in roodIy nnmber Nondav eyanin% ex-
pecrino to hear a lectnre from tba Hon
Mortimer Wbitehead When if ,yaS fanmd
thar he had neen called to his hone in
New Iersev arranDamente tyera ,nada
vi-b Editor Na..ar - ~ i2'''t Lev
1nerto fill his nInce bnt the Latter gentIe
man was kent away Inv Illness It j.
hOued that Nr Whitebend's inctura NAY
he given at some later date. 49,. Constin1
is growing in favor. these moonlipht
evenings old and younp share in the
sport, starting by Hon. {. |. Ladd's resi-
nlrlS's 7'9 '' '"' 10 -i i'i' i''i
urvrspI,pcu
Wis Berg German working for Mr..
on the evening of Jan. 2s, and nothing can
ne earned OF nm. He left all hi, effects
ana vas very lightly clad. 1t is now said
,hal ne mas been deranged and it is feared
tna1 ne mas wandered off and perished
.,.,. Rev. Il. ID, Metcalf of West Dover
WI occupy the Congregational pulpit
next sunday. ......1he rhetorical eXtr-
9radenv vii he ~ bh Ihe Wtheer Term OF the
viii rnnsi.t nf "rnt drn ia 'nI n.I cnape' anu
dnn >, and tarne ot u''Tra' Wha' t Los' III Ion Ion
~ ind thn avhrt,i " a. M, ne 'erln enus yep
sl,tnedims, WndnesJa," iI,i WIN occur Oh tne
WEsTFoRD.
Freeman Beach will soon NOVA hacl 70
his hOmesteaJ Irifia Wachio hoo a
rented the Drew farm on tha I'",roiia iio
river and viii soon take possessinn
l.. VI irish is declared int0ivent md an
assignee will be elected bv the creditors
.pn,umonio is the nrevaiIing disease
al p1eseni. Thomas HINT aged - vears
dad of if last week also a iittIe sor ~
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